RAF Peterborough explained

RAF Peterborough
Ensign:	Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg
Ensign Size:	90px
Location:	Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Country:	England
Pushpin Map:	Cambridgeshire
Pushpin Label:	RAF Peterborough
Pushpin Map Caption:	Shown within Cambridgeshire
Type:	Royal Air Force installation
Ownership:	Ministry of Defence
Operator:	Royal Air Force
Used:	1932-
Elevation:	24m (79feet)

Royal Air Force Peterborough or more simply RAF Peterborough is a former Royal Air Force installation in Cambridgeshire located northwest of Peterborough city centre and southeast of Stamford, Lincolnshire, England.

History

The following units were here at some point:^[1]

• No. 1 Aircraft Storage Unit RAF
• No. 1 Pupil Pilots Pool RAF
• No. 7 Flying Training School RAF
• No. 7 (Pilots) Advancing Flying Unit RAF
• No. 7 Service Flying Training School RAF
• No. 17 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
• No. 25 (Polish) Elementary Flying Training School RAF

Current use

The site is currently used for industrial work, and HMP Peterborough prison.^[1]

See also

• List of former Royal Air Force stations

Notes and References

1. Web site: Peterborough II (Westwood) . Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. 30 April 2015.